Apple iPod User Manual

iPod

Features Guide

Chapter 1 4 iPod Basics

iPod at a Glance

Using iPod Controls

Disabling iPod Controls

Using iPod Menus

Connecting and Disconnecting iPod

Chapter 2 14 Music Features

About iTunes

Importing Music Into Your Computer

Organizing Your Music

Downloading Music and Podcasts to iPod

Playing Music

Listening to Podcasts

Listening to Audiobooks

Chapter 3 31 Video Features

Purchasing Videos and Downloading Video Podcasts

Downloading Videos to iPod

Viewing and Listening to Videos

Chapter 4 37 Photo Features

Downloading Photos

Viewing Photos

Chapter 5 44 Extra Features and Accessories

Using iPod as an External Disk

Using Extra Settings

Synchronizing Contacts, Calendars, and To-Do Lists

Storing and Reading Notes

Recording Voice Memos

Learning About iPod Accessories

Chapter 6 53 Tips and Troubleshooting

General Suggestions

Updating and Restoring iPod Software

Chapter 7 60 Safety and Cleaning

Setup Safety Instructions

General Safety, Cleaning, and Handling Guidelines

Chapter 8 62 Learning More, Service, and Support

Index 65

Contents

iPod Basics

Congratulations on purchasing your iPod. Read this section to learn about the features of your iPod, how to use its controls, and more.

To use iPod, you put music, videos, photos, and other files on your computer and then download them to iPod.

iPod is a music player and much more. With iPod, you can:

Store songs, videos, and digital photos for listening and viewing on the go

Listen to podcasts, downloadable radio-style shows delivered over the Internet

View video on iPod or a TV, using the optional iPod AV Cable

View photos as a slideshow with music on iPod or a TV, using the optional iPod AV Cable

Listen to audiobooks purchased from the iTunes Music Store or audible.com

Store or back up files and other data, using iPod as an external disk

Synchronize contact, calendar, and to-do list information from your computer

Play games, store text notes, set an alarm, and more

iPod at a Glance

Familiarize yourself with all the controls on your iPod:

Hold switch

Menu button

Previous/Rewind button

Click Wheel

Dock connector port

Headphones port

Center button

Next/Fast-forward button

Play/Pause button

Using iPod Controls

The controls on your iPod are easy to use. Press any button to turn on your iPod. The main menu appears.

Use the Click Wheel and Center button to navigate through onscreen menus, play songs, change settings, and view information. Move your thumb lightly around the Click Wheel to select a menu item. To choose the item, press the Center button. To go back to the previous menu, press Menu on the Click Wheel.

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The following table shows you what else you can do with iPod controls.

To Do This

Reset iPod

(if your iPod isn’t responding)

Turn on iPod

Turn off iPod

Turn on the backlight

Disable the iPod buttons

(so nothing happens if you press them accidentally)

Choose a menu item

Go back to the previous menu

Browse for a song

Browse for a video

Play a song or video

Pause a song or video

Change the volume

Play all the songs in a list

Play all songs in random order

Skip to any point in a song or video

Skip to the next song, video, or chapter in an audiobook or podcast

Start a song or video over

Play the previous song, video, or chapter in an audiobook or podcast

Fast-forward or rewind a song

Add a song to the On-The-Go playlist

Set the Hold switch to Hold and turn it off again. Press the Menu and Center buttons at the same time for about 6 seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

Press any button.

Press and hold Play/Pause

Press any button or use the Click Wheel. If the backlight timer is set to Off, press and hold Menu to turn on the backlight.

Set the Hold switch to Hold (an orange bar appears).

Scroll to the item and press the Center button.

Press Menu.

Choose Music from the main menu.

Choose Videos from the main menu.

Select the song or video and press the Center or Play/Pause button. iPod has to be ejected from your computer to play songs and videos.

Press Play/Pause

From the Now Playing screen, use the Click Wheel.

Select the list title (an album title or the title of a playlist, for example) and press Play/Pause

From the main menu, choose Shuffle Songs.

From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button to show the scrubber bar. Then scroll to any point in the song or video.

Press Next/Fast-forward (‘).

Press Previous/Rewind (]).

Press Previous/Rewind (]) twice.

Press and hold Next/Fast-forward (‘) or Previous/Rewind (]).

Select a song, and then press and hold the Center button until the song title flashes.

or unplug your headphones.

(’)

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Turning Off the Click Wheel Sound

When you scroll through menu items, you can hear a clicking sound to let you know the Click Wheel is working. If you like, you can turn the Click Wheel sound off.

To turn off Click Wheel sound:

Choose Settings and set Clicker to Off.

To turn the Click Wheel sound back on, set Clicker to On.

Disabling iPod Controls

If you don’t want to turn iPod on or activate controls accidentally, you can make them inactive using the Hold switch.

Set the Hold switch to Hold.

Slide the switch toward the center (so you can see the orange bar) to disable the controls.

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Using iPod Menus

When you turn on iPod, you see the main menu. Choose menu items to perform functions and go to other menus. Status icons along the top of the screen show iPod settings.

Menu titleLock icon

Play status

Menu items

Battery status

Display Item Function

Lock icon

Menu title

Play status

Battery status

Menu items

The Lock icon appears when the Hold switch (on top of iPod) is set to hold. When the switch is set to hold, the iPod controls are disabled.

Displays the title of the current menu.

The Play icon (“) appears if a song is playing. The Pause icon (1) appears if a song is paused.

The Battery icon shows the approximate remaining battery charge. If the battery is charging, the icon is animated.

Use the Click Wheel to scroll through menu items. Press the Center button to choose an item. An arrow next to a menu item indicates that choosing it leads to another menu.

Adding or Removing Items From the Main Menu

You might want to add often-used items to the iPod main menu. For example, you can add a “Songs” item to the main menu, so you don’t have to choose Music before you choose Songs.

To add or remove items from the main menu:

Choose Settings > Main Menu.

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Setting the Backlight Timer

You can set the backlight to turn on and illuminate the screen for a certain amount of time when you press a button or use the Click Wheel. The default is 10 seconds.

Choose Settings > Backlight Timer and choose the time you want.

Even if you don’t set the backlight timer, you can turn on the backlight at any time by pressing any button or using the Click Wheel. After a few seconds, the backlight turns off.

Note:

If the backlight timer is set to Off, press and hold the Menu button to turn on the

backlight.

Setting the Language

iPod can be set to use different languages.

Choose Settings > Language and choose a language from the list.

Connecting and Disconnecting iPod

You connect iPod to your computer to download music, music videos, photos, and files, and to charge the battery. Disconnect iPod when you’re done.

Connecting iPod

To connect iPod to your computer:

m Plug the included iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable into a high-power USB port

on your computer (a USB 2.0 port is recommended), and then connect the other end to iPod.

If you have an iPod Dock, you can connect the cable to a high-power USB port on your computer and connect the other end to the Dock. Then put iPod in the Dock.

Note: The USB port on your keyboard doesn’t provide enough power. You must connect iPod to a USB port on your computer.

By default, iPod imports songs automatically when you connect it to your computer. When this automatic download is done, you can disconnect iPod.

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If you connect iPod to a different computer and it is set to update songs automatically, iTunes prompts you before downloading any music. For more information about downloading music to iPod and using iPod with more than one computer, see Chapter 2, “Music Features,” on page 14.

Note: You can download songs while your battery is charging.

Disconnecting iPod

You can easily see if it’s OK to disconnect iPod by looking at the iPod screen.

Important: Don’t disconnect iPod if you see the “Do not disconnect” message. You

could damage files on iPod. If you see this message, you must eject iPod before disconnecting it.

If you see the main menu or a large battery icon, you can disconnect iPod from your computer.

Important: If you see this message, you

must eject iPod before disconnecting it from your computer.

If you set iPod to update songs manually (see “Updating iPod Manually” on page 23) or enable iPod for disk use (see “Using iPod as an External Disk” on page 44), you must eject iPod before disconnecting it.

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To eject iPod:

m Click the Eject button (C) next to iPod in the iTunes Source list.

If you’re using a Mac, you can also eject iPod by dragging the iPod icon on the desktop to the Trash.

If you’re using a Windows PC, you can eject iPod by clicking the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the Windows system tray and selecting your iPod.

To disconnect iPod:

m Squeeze both sides of the Dock connector to disconnect the cable from iPod. If iPod is

in the Dock, simply remove it.

To remove the connector from your iPod, squeeze the buttons on the sides and pull.

About the iPod Battery

iPod has an internal, non-user-replaceable battery. For best results, the first time you use iPod, let it charge for about three hours or until the battery icon in the top-right corner of the iPod display shows that the battery is fully charged. If iPod isn’t used for a while, the battery might need to be charged.

The iPod battery is 80-percent charged in about three hours and fully charged in about five hours. If you charge iPod while downloading files, playing music, viewing videos, or viewing a slideshow, it might take longer.

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Charging the iPod Battery

You can charge the iPod battery in two ways:

Â Connect iPod to your computer. Â Use the iPod USB Power Adapter, available separately.

To charge the battery using your computer:

m Connect iPod to a high-power USB port on your computer. The computer must be

turned on and not in sleep mode (some models of Macintosh can charge iPod while in sleep mode).

If the battery icon on the iPod screen shows a lightning bolt, the battery is charging. If it shows a plug, the battery is fully charged.

If you don’t see the lightning bolt or the plug, iPod might not be connected to a high-power USB port. Try another USB port on your computer.

Important: If your iPod is very low on power, it might need to charge for up to 30

minutes before the display turns on.

If you want to charge iPod when you’re away from your computer, you can purchase the iPod USB Power Adapter.

To charge the battery using the iPod USB Power Adapter (available separately):

1 Connect the AC plug adapter to the power adapter (they might already be connected).

2 Connect the iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable to the power adapter, and plug the

other end of the cable into iPod.

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3 Plug the power adapter into a working electrical outlet.

AC plug adapter (The plug on your Power Adapter may look different.)

iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable

iPod USB Power Adapter

Warning: Make sure the power adapter is fully assembled before plugging it into an

electrical outlet.

Note: If you have an optional iPod Dock Connector to FireWire cable, you can also connect iPod to a FireWire port on your computer or to an iPod Power Adapter (with a FireWire port) that’s plugged into an electrical outlet. You can only use FireWire for charging the battery and not for downloading songs and other audio files to iPod.

Understanding Battery States

When iPod is not connected to a power source, a battery icon in the top-right corner of the iPod screen shows approximately how much charge is left.

Battery less than 20% charged

Battery about halfway charged

Battery fully charged

If iPod is connected to a power source, the battery icon changes to show that the battery is charging or fully charged.

Battery charging

Battery fully charged

You can disconnect and use iPod before it is fully charged.

Note: Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and might eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. For more information, go to www.apple.com/batteries.

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2 Music Features

With your iPod, you can take your music and audio collection with you wherever you go. Read this section to learn about downloading music and listening to iPod.

You use iPod by importing songs, audiobooks, music videos, and podcasts (radio-style audio shows) to your computer and then downloading them to iPod. Read on to learn more about the steps in this process, including:

Â Getting music from your CD collection, hard disk, or the iTunes Music Store (part of

iTunes and available in some countries only) to the iTunes application on your computer.

Â Organizing the music and other audio into playlists, if you want. Â Downloading playlists, songs, audiobooks, music videos, and podcasts to your iPod. Â Playing music or listening to other audio on the go.

About iTunes

iTunes is the music application you use with iPod. When you connect iPod to your computer, iTunes opens automatically.

This guide has information about how to use iTunes to download songs and other audio and video to your computer, organize them into lists—called playlists— download them to iPod, and adjust iPod settings.

iTunes also has many other features. You can make your own CDs that play in standard CD players (if your computer has a CD-recordable drive); listen to streaming Internet radio; watch videos; make dynamic “Party Shuffle” playlists; publish your playlists, called “iMixes,” to the iTunes Music Store; rate songs according to preference; and much more.

For information about using these features of iTunes, open iTunes and choose Help > “iTunes and Music Store Help.”

Importing Music Into Your Computer

To listen to music on your iPod, you first need to get that music into iTunes on your computer.

There are three ways of getting music into iTunes:

Â Import music from audio CDs. Â Buy music, audiobooks, and music videos, or download podcasts online from the

iTunes Music Store.

Â Add music that’s already on your computer to the iTunes music library.

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Importing Music From Your Audio CDs Into iTunes

Follow these instructions to get music from your CDs into your computer.

To import music from an audio CD into iTunes:

1 Insert a CD into your computer and open iTunes.

If you have an Internet connection, iTunes gets the names of the songs on the CD from the Internet and lists them in the window.

If you are connected to the Internet and iTunes doesn’t get the names automatically, choose Advanced > Get CD Track Names.

If you don’t have an Internet connection, you can enter the names of the songs on the CD manually. For more information, see “Entering Names of Songs and Other Details” on page 17.

With song information entered, you can browse for songs in iTunes or on iPod by title, artist, album, and more.

2 Click to remove the checkmarks next to any songs you don’t want to import from

the CD.

3 Click the Import CD button. The display area at the top of the iTunes window shows

how much time it will take to import each song.

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Import CD button

4 To eject the CD, click the Eject button.

Eject button

5 Repeat these steps for any other CDs with songs you want to import.

Entering Names of Songs and Other Details

To enter CD song titles and other information manually:

1 Select the first song on the CD and choose File > Get Info.

2 Click Info.

3 Enter the song information.

4 Click Next to enter information for the next song.

Adding and Viewing Lyrics

You can type or copy and paste song lyrics in plain text format into iTunes so that you can view a song’s lyrics on your iPod while the song is playing.

To type or paste lyrics into iTunes:

1 Select a song and choose File > Get Info.

2 Click Lyrics.

3 Type or paste lyrics copied from another source into the text box.

4 Click OK.

For information about viewing lyrics on iPod, see page 29.

Buying Songs and Downloading Podcasts Using the iTunes Music Store

If you have an Internet connection, you can easily purchase and download songs, albums, audiobooks, and music videos online using the iTunes Music Store. You can also subscribe to and download podcasts, radio-style audio shows.

To purchase music online using the iTunes Music Store, you set up an Apple account in iTunes, find the songs you want, and then buy them. If you already have an Apple account, or if you have an America Online (AOL) account (available in some countries only), you can use that account to sign in to the music store and buy songs.

Note: You don’t need an iTunes Music Store account to download or subscribe to podcasts.

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To sign in to the iTunes Music Store:

1 Open iTunes and click Music Store in the Source list.

2 Click the Account button and follow the onscreen instructions to set up an Apple

account or enter your existing Apple account or AOL account information.

To find songs, audiobooks, music videos, and podcasts:

You can browse or search the iTunes Music Store to find the album, song, or artist you’re looking for. Open iTunes and click Music Store in the Source list. Â To browse the iTunes Music Store, choose a music genre from the Choose Genre

pop-up menu on the top-left side of the store, click one of the albums or songs in the center or right side of the store, or click the Browse button in the top-right corner of the window.

Â To browse for podcasts, click the Podcasts link on the left side of the main page in the

iTunes Music Store.

Â To browse for music videos, click the Videos link on the left side of the main page in

the iTunes Music Store.

Â To search the iTunes Music Store, type the name of an album, song, artist, or composer

in the search field.

Â To narrow your search, type something in the search field, press Return or Enter on

your keyboard, and then press buttons in the Search Bar. For example, to narrow your search to song titles, press the Song button.

Â To search for a combination of items, click Power Search in the Music Store window. Â To return to the main page of the iTunes Music Store, click the Home button at the

top-left side of the store.

To buy a song, album, audiobook, or music video:

1 Click Music Store in the Source list, and then find the item you want to buy.

You can double-click a song or other item to listen to a portion of it and make sure it’s the one you want. (If your network connection is slower than 128 kbps, choose iTunes > Preferences, and in the Store pane, select the “Load complete preview before playing” checkbox.)

2 Click Buy Song, Buy Album, Buy Book, or Buy Video.

The song or other item is downloaded to your computer and charged to the credit card listed on your Apple or AOL account.

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To download or subscribe to a podcast:

1 Click Music Store in the Source list.

2 Click the Podcasts link on the left side of the main page in the iTunes Music Store.

3 Browse for the podcast you want to download.

Â To download a single podcast episode, click the Get Episode button next to the

episode.

Â To subscribe to a podcast, click the Subscribe button next to the podcast graphic.

iTunes downloads the most recent episode. As new episodes become available, they are automatically downloaded to iTunes (when you are connected to the Internet).

To see your podcasts, click Podcasts in the iTunes Source list.

Adding Songs Already on Your Computer to the iTunes Library

If you have songs on your computer encoded in file formats that iTunes supports, you can easily add the songs to iTunes.

To add songs on your computer to the iTunes library:

m Drag the folder or disk containing the audio files to Library in the Source list (or choose

File > Add to Library and select the folder or disk). If iTunes supports the song file format, the songs are automatically added to the iTunes library.

You can also drag individual song files to iTunes.

Note: Using iTunes for Windows, you can convert nonprotected WMA files to AAC or MP3 format. This can be useful if you have a library of music encoded in WMA format. For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > “iTunes and Music Store Help.”

Organizing Your Music

Using iTunes, you can organize songs and other items into lists, called playlists. You can organize them in any way you want. For example, you can make playlists with songs to listen to while exercising or playlists with songs for a particular mood.

You can also make Smart Playlists that update automatically based on rules you define. When you add songs to iTunes that fit the rules, they automatically get added to the Smart Playlist.

You can make as many playlists as you like using any of the songs in your computer’s music library. Putting a song in a playlist doesn’t remove it from the library.

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To make a playlist in iTunes:

1 Click the Add button.

Add button

2 Type a name for the playlist in the Source list.

Click Library, and then drag a song or other item to the playlist in the Source list. To select multiple songs, hold the Command (x) key or Shift key as you click each song.

To make a Smart Playlist:

m Choose File > New Smart Playlist and choose the rules for your playlist.

Note: You can also make playlists on iPod, called On-The-Go Playlists, when iPod isn’t connected to your computer. See “Making On-The-Go Playlists on iPod” on page 26.

Downloading Music and Podcasts to iPod

After your music is imported and organized in iTunes, you can easily download it to iPod.

To set how music is downloaded from your computer to your iPod, you connect iPod to your computer, and then use the controls in iTunes to change iPod settings.

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You can set iTunes to download music to your iPod in three ways:

Â Automatically update all songs and playlists: When you connect iPod, it is

automatically updated to match the songs and other items in the iTunes library. Any other songs on iPod are deleted.

Â Automatically update selected playlists: When you connect iPod, it is automatically

updated to match the songs in playlists you select in iTunes.

Â Manually update iPod: When you connect iPod, you can drag songs and playlists

individually to iPod, and delete songs and playlists individually from iPod. Using this option, you can download songs from more than one computer without erasing songs from iPod. When you manage songs yourself, you must manually eject iPod from iTunes before you can disconnect it.

Updating iPod Automatically

By default, iPod is set to update automatically with all songs and playlists when you connect it to your computer. This is the simplest way to download music to your iPod. You just connect iPod to your computer, let it add songs, audiobooks, music videos, and other items automatically, and then disconnect it and go. If you added any songs to iTunes since the last time you connected iPod, they are downloaded to iPod. If you deleted songs from iTunes, they are deleted from iPod.

To download songs to iPod:

m Simply connect iPod to your computer. If iPod is set to update automatically, the

download begins.

Important: The first time you connect iPod to a computer, a message asks if you want

to transfer songs automatically. If you accept, all songs, audiobooks, and music videos are deleted from iPod and replaced with the songs and other items from that computer. If you don’t accept, you can still download songs to iPod manually without deleting any of the songs already on iPod.

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